The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06

At the thcater tomorrow night and dur
| ing the remainder OF the week, the Madi-
son Square theOtcr company will present
| that great New York attraction, Jim, the
Pcnman," aplay which discusscsno moral
problem and which breaches no impcrti-
ncnt lesson, hut which in manner ilattcS
intclhgrnccb leaving something To the inn
agination, and which conforms 20 the best
taste of the day in cutting loose from the
oh inflated form Of dialogue and the all
! surlity of violent situation. Sir Charles
! Noung's play, with liz simple, taking
! title of "Jim, the pcnman, which gives
no idea of the subject matter, tells the
story Of one james Rals,ou, q iorgcr and n
member ri gang of scounlrcls, who avail
themselves oi his initiative skill in writing
to fleece. friend and ioc alike. Ralslon
| gains his wife hy this dangerous
means, in the first place break
! Ing off the engagement between herself
and Louis Pcpivnl 10y means Of forged
| letters, and in the same way nltcrward lie.
| spelling pcrciyal ui his fortune. Jim Is u
| prosperous scOundro aud surrounds him.
| sell with troops III friends, gains
! great wealth and X about 10 stand for the
| county as parliamentary candidate kwhcn
his nrmriuus practices arr discovered, and
! his wife. who ms lived with him Ion TWEEN.
! IL y,giN IN ignorance 1T his character.
| gains in full the knowledge IN the day ul
| their daughters marriage to Lord nrlin-
cuuri Suspicion II ut lin't aroused 10y
! Rnlstun initiating her signature IN u sub.
wriWinn book. This she compares with
| a letter received before her marriage, aud
one that pcriyal has al~o in his puss,s
sion, .s coming from her and, eventually
| thinking Tint she has complete knowledge
ot her husbands crime, Pcriyul states
that Rns'on and Jim the rcnman an
| one and the glmC, that lac has been on
! the track with the detective, Capt Red.
| Wppi ui the man who robbed him, hut
| finding thu, lac WIS the husband ul his old
| luyr, nnd the father nj twu children. nohly
| refuses tu push mHitcr a. extremes The
hufrpr 1T the wife h supreme. lialsiun
| meets his death from heart disease after an
| intensely Hrug Interview With the wretch
! ell woman, followed 10y hand to hnnd
4 struggle with villainous confederate,
IlariirId, whom lac has outwittcd la th,
matter III the Drclncnurt diamond rob
I berry. his coup at llardrld's Orlcr. bCinl
a. rob, by forged order, his own son.in.laN
vt his family jcwcls II may well be- said
thr,lrima is ip'sh IN conception, novel IN
construction, and surprising Ia action.
The piece Is mll II sharp contrasts irpm
! beginning Ia cnd II grows dramatically
/ arpngvr tnWarl the close, even after the
story has been told. ~ at lcast suggested,
! iu the iirst act
The last situation ui the play Is musi i'm
! ppssi,c. Behind the folding doom, toward
! ihr buck ~ the siap' Is vuing un the we'd.
! ding brgkiusi III james Rnlston's duugh
ter. n view III the audience IL an exciting
srnc between jim, the pcnmnn, the
! biun and the detective. 4 struggle rn.
sues The rcnmnn. whose cunning had
| brought him out almost triumphHntly
! irum tie luils, dies ul npuplcxy The fold
| ing duprs " the breakfast rDom are sud
/ DENLY thrown OpHn. One ui the doom,
/ hiilts tile barun, who IL IN the grip NJ the
! detective. Ouiar'tch-d upon the ilDur h
| the form ui James l,alst1n. Ills wife
| knrclH ut his side. 4 doctor bends over
] him and declares the truth Aud the man
| whom the dead longer had MOST wrungci.
| but who Wis content "a rullrf IN nlrnrc
Tor the sake of the wife. approaches tie
breakfast table, nov IN full view, and, lit
ing his hands, says sOiily. "llusll' That
h all. The audience has iorgultrn a. leave
| the seats. aud there y a perfect silence ~
the lasl cursin falls
The play will h. presented herr with n
east the names NJ who's individual mem.
/ hpn. an q guaranty 81 strong well round
rd performance Mr. Palmer las chosen
his company with q view IA their special
fitness ipr the parts which they arr a. Cn.
act. The full distribution IL ~ follows
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